I wonder which elector he would have vote against the candidate chosen by the will of the people in his or her own state. That's kind of the point.
And this business about Wyoming voters having more than one vote kills me. By that logic they have more than one vote on everything that passes through the Senate as well.
Best explanation seems to be that they were concerned about portability of the chats between desktop and handset (they wouldn't be.) There are 3rd party clients that implement it.
That's why I said "almost all." Many will see it immediately, most will see it eventually, and some may never see it. Still far, far better than sending to an e-mail list or hoping the user will (register and then) post in your comments section.
It works and we prove it every day. And if it builds Facebook's business then all the better.
They're useful on Facebook. If I have 1000 likes for my show and I post something new then almost all of those 1000 are going to see it in their newsfeed. If I send 1000 e-mails only maybe 15% of them will open it. And I paid to send the e-mail.
I stopped doing this when the US Post Office wouldn't take my credit card. They can't manage to get my catalogs all delivered in 3 weeks, but they've got credit card review down perfectly.
> You take 100 employs making 20/hr sitting and doing nothing for 2 - 3 hours and you've bought yourself the cost of the PC's.
Only if you buy PCs for $40-60 per. What probably happened is the owner's terminal was connected to the failed switch, and then someone had a really bad day.
Not only willingly sharing, but actually "friending" the agent. That's like inviting the agent over for a dinner party with all your friends. Yeah, sort of hard to maintain an expectation of privacy there...
In the US at least it wouldn't be a warrant or a police action. You would just file suit against the chip maker, the vet, and the guy who has your dog as John Doe. During discovery the records would be subpoenaed and John Doe would be named in the suit.
It's the same way you go after an unknown person on the Internet. File suit, name the ISP and the anonymous offender, subpoena the offender's name.
They already release a Mac mini with this OS. It is called OS X. They also release laptops, desktops, and servers with this OS. I would think that readers of a geek web site would know that. The difference is primarily in the UI later.
Multitasking is not primarily in the UI. Platform lockdown via the app store is not primarily in the ui. I would think that readers of a geek web site would know that.
I can totally see Apple releasing a new mac mini with this OS because *it just works*. Then putting a premium on future machines with the OSX variant.
Almost right. They'll release a mac mini with this OS at a *discount* to the current mini. A desktop version of the iPad...a "home browsing appliance" or some such thing.
Sure it would, but I'd feel fully justified in buying/owning/viewing it as there is no legitimate way for me (in the US) to purchase a copy.
The courts agree too. For example, Am. Geophysical Union v. Texaco, Inc., 60 F.3d 913, 931 (2d Cir. 1994) ("If the work is 'out of print' and unavailable for purchase through normal channels, the user may have more justification for reproducing it").
The average user doesn't care. At all. I replaced my mother's computer with a Mac Mini:
Mom: "Where's the Internet? The blue e?" Me: "Click on the compass instead."
One browser is as secure as any other to her...no matter what she does she still gets fake phishing e-mails that scare her. And to her they all have identical features because Yahoo and Facebook look and work exactly the same. The difference to her is - literally - which picture she clicks on to open it.
When people get that dialog they'll happily click on the familiar little blue e and move on.
The fact is - and no one here wants to hear it - but the alternative browsers offer/nothing/ that a regular user cares about.
The one way I can perhaps see it working is if you either build in a collapsible keyboard, or let them work with bluetooth keyboards
Or perhaps if they have solid working voice recognition, I'm still holding out for the small form factor device that does that properly. Until then iPhones, Blackberries, Palms and such are all second devices to the computer. But if one could dictate e-mails and such into it, then a 12" tablet might start to replace PCs and netbooks...
Huh. I see the top case with the keyboard in one of your pictures. So for less than $200 shipped (and a lot less work) you could've bought the bottom case and a replacement screen and built a laptop.
This is not the first time that the NSA has partnered with Microsoft during Windows development. In 2007, the agency confirmed that it had a hand in Windows Vista as part of an initiative to ensure that the operating system was secure from attack and would work with other government software. Before that, the NSA provided guidance on how best to secure Windows XP and Windows 2000.
I'd say those collaborations were somewhat less than successful. Seriously, I'm not sure a back door is really what we should be concerned about here.
Karma be damned: Yes, it has worked out better. Sixty-plus percent of Americans drink alcohol (CBS) while only about 7% use illegal drugs (White House), and that includes marijuana.
The "war on drugs" has its problems to be sure, but it certainly does reduce drug use in the general population if only because it chokes the supply.
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I wonder which elector he would have vote against the candidate chosen by the will of the people in his or her own state. That's kind of the point. And this business about Wyoming voters having more than one vote kills me. By that logic they have more than one vote on everything that passes through the Senate as well.
Last time a heard a story like this we got the Segway.
Most people alive today were born after the end of the Soviet Union
On behalf of the over-25 crowd here, I'm fairly sure this isn't true.
Simply put, if your battery cannot be removed from the device, the safety of your device is strictly based on software.
To be fair, the safety of your airplane is strictly based on software as well.
Best explanation seems to be that they were concerned about portability of the chats between desktop and handset (they wouldn't be.) There are 3rd party clients that implement it.
That's why I said "almost all." Many will see it immediately, most will see it eventually, and some may never see it. Still far, far better than sending to an e-mail list or hoping the user will (register and then) post in your comments section. It works and we prove it every day. And if it builds Facebook's business then all the better.
They're useful on Facebook. If I have 1000 likes for my show and I post something new then almost all of those 1000 are going to see it in their newsfeed. If I send 1000 e-mails only maybe 15% of them will open it. And I paid to send the e-mail.
I stopped doing this when the US Post Office wouldn't take my credit card. They can't manage to get my catalogs all delivered in 3 weeks, but they've got credit card review down perfectly.
That's almost $1,000 each...? No wonder public schools are in trouble.
> You take 100 employs making 20/hr sitting and doing nothing for 2 - 3 hours and you've bought yourself the cost of the PC's.
Only if you buy PCs for $40-60 per. What probably happened is the owner's terminal was connected to the failed switch, and then someone had a really bad day.
Not only willingly sharing, but actually "friending" the agent. That's like inviting the agent over for a dinner party with all your friends. Yeah, sort of hard to maintain an expectation of privacy there...
In the US at least it wouldn't be a warrant or a police action. You would just file suit against the chip maker, the vet, and the guy who has your dog as John Doe. During discovery the records would be subpoenaed and John Doe would be named in the suit.
It's the same way you go after an unknown person on the Internet. File suit, name the ISP and the anonymous offender, subpoena the offender's name.
Look at this graph: http://linuxinsecurity.blogspot.com/
Please do. Notice how the graphs show Windows with 10-12% of the issues unpatched?
That's the problem. Well that and the missing graph showing "time to patch"...
They already release a Mac mini with this OS. It is called OS X. They also release laptops, desktops, and servers with this OS. I would think that readers of a geek web site would know that. The difference is primarily in the UI later.
Multitasking is not primarily in the UI. Platform lockdown via the app store is not primarily in the ui. I would think that readers of a geek web site would know that.
I can totally see Apple releasing a new mac mini with this OS because *it just works*. Then putting a premium on future machines with the OSX variant.
Almost right. They'll release a mac mini with this OS at a *discount* to the current mini. A desktop version of the iPad...a "home browsing appliance" or some such thing.
It'll be a pirated copy.
Sure it would, but I'd feel fully justified in buying/owning/viewing it as there is no legitimate way for me (in the US) to purchase a copy.
The courts agree too. For example, Am. Geophysical Union v. Texaco, Inc., 60 F.3d 913, 931 (2d Cir. 1994) ("If the work is 'out of print' and unavailable for purchase through normal channels, the user may have more justification for reproducing it").
http://www.digitalmedialawyerblog.com/2009/12/sony_bmg_v_tenenbaum_judge_pro.html/
Where can I "pay the 2 bucks" for, say, Disney's Song of the South?
Pretty much any movie collectibles show. Wonderful movie.
The average user doesn't care. At all. I replaced my mother's computer with a Mac Mini:
Mom: "Where's the Internet? The blue e?"
Me: "Click on the compass instead."
One browser is as secure as any other to her...no matter what she does she still gets fake phishing e-mails that scare her. And to her they all have identical features because Yahoo and Facebook look and work exactly the same. The difference to her is - literally - which picture she clicks on to open it.
When people get that dialog they'll happily click on the familiar little blue e and move on.
The fact is - and no one here wants to hear it - but the alternative browsers offer /nothing/ that a regular user cares about.
The one way I can perhaps see it working is if you either build in a collapsible keyboard, or let them work with bluetooth keyboards
Or perhaps if they have solid working voice recognition, I'm still holding out for the small form factor device that does that properly. Until then iPhones, Blackberries, Palms and such are all second devices to the computer. But if one could dictate e-mails and such into it, then a 12" tablet might start to replace PCs and netbooks...
Huh. I see the top case with the keyboard in one of your pictures. So for less than $200 shipped (and a lot less work) you could've bought the bottom case and a replacement screen and built a laptop.
Of course then you wouldn't be on slashdot.
This is not the first time that the NSA has partnered with Microsoft during Windows development. In 2007, the agency confirmed that it had a hand in Windows Vista as part of an initiative to ensure that the operating system was secure from attack and would work with other government software. Before that, the NSA provided guidance on how best to secure Windows XP and Windows 2000.
I'd say those collaborations were somewhat less than successful. Seriously, I'm not sure a back door is really what we should be concerned about here.
Oh really? Why then is Microsoft trying to clone everything apple is doing? Zune, Microsoft Store, the new "iPhone killer" windows mobile, etc, etc
Don't forget Windows 7. Inexplicably the only thing they haven't tried to clone is those clever Mac ads.
Karma be damned: Yes, it has worked out better. Sixty-plus percent of Americans drink alcohol (CBS) while only about 7% use illegal drugs (White House), and that includes marijuana.
The "war on drugs" has its problems to be sure, but it certainly does reduce drug use in the general population if only because it chokes the supply.
Women with big tits /are/ better at everything. That's why we favor them in our hiring process.
I modded it flaimbait before, and if I had mod points, I'd do it again.